***4th Place BNBF British Finals***Moved to Progress Journal Section***

Off work today so training and eating like a pro bodybuilder.  Morning cardio was great.  Managed to go 8km today.  Mixing things up with light jogging and hill walking. 

Had an early gym session as per usual. Trained legs with a friend of mine.  Difficult to keep as high intensity as I usually would by myself but still good to have some one push me for every rep.

Didnt feel hungry really today, pretty full all day apart from late afternoon early evening.  Just settling into my cottage cheese just now and early to bed for work tomorrow morning.

Trained Quads and Calves:

Squats
Leg Extension (light 15reps 3sets)
Leg Press
Lunges
Leg Extension (heavy 8reps 3sets)

Calve workout

The day started off great.  Woke up headed down to the gym and completed my cardio, another 8km.  Felt awsome, alittle hungry but still great.

Foods been all in at the right times.  Gets easier and easier as time goes on.  Making the omelette in the morning is now down to a fine art.  However hers the bad news.  Managed to shut my fingers in a door.  I've hurt them really badly and I didnt make it to the gym for my back workout.  I'll desperately try and get in tomorrow and train hams and calves.

Totally gutted!!  Probably the most pain I've felt for a while.  The tips are all bruised, not so good but al have to soldier on.

Good progress. Keep up the hard work

Rite woke up this morning the end of two of my fingers are pretty bruised and quite painful. None the less made it to the gym for my morning cardio.  Really tired and felt pretty hungry so didnt manage any further than 7km.

Had a split and work so trained weights in the afternoon.  Managed to do hamstrings, calves and a bit of abs.  Finger still giving me grief but definatley alot better than yesterday.

Weighed myself this afternoon and I'm sitting around 78kg which is great because I reckon I've gained about 7-8lbs in lean muscle mass.

Apart from the sore fingers all is good.

This weekend I really put the hours in and my sleep really did suffer.  I took saturday off because of how busy it is at work. Finished super late so didnt manage my cadio this morning which is the first one I have missed all cut.  Totally gutted!!! 

Anyho fingers are better so put in a back session.  Felt low on carbs so intensity wasnt so high.  Obliques are really crisp in the mirror.  Loving the condition.  I seem to have totally tightend up during the past week.

Trained Back and Triceps:

Chin ups
Close grip lateral pull down
Smith Machine Bent over rows negative grip
Hammer Strength rows
Straight bar pulldowns (7 sets 10-12reps 30ses rest)

EZ pushdowns
Dumbell Overhead Extensions

Had a photoshoot today.  How fancy does that sound lol.  One of my friends is a photographer and asked if they could take a few shots of me.  I gladly said yes and recieved a few today. 

Had my posing trunks on some have come out really well.  Hopefully will get some more soon.

looking very lean and detailed mate, going great!!!  well done dude

rex2


looking very lean and detailed mate, going great!!!  well done dude

Thanks very much rex!! 

Things are getting better and better.

only just found this puppy!!

great to see another contest prep journal mate, all the best... look great in the pics on page 5

Incredible Bulk


only just found this puppy!!

great to see another contest prep journal mate, all the best... look great in the pics on page 5

HAHA!!

Thanks very much.  I've been silently following your journal as well.  We're competing around about the same time.  Best of luck.

More pics from the photoshoot.

Rite a quick wee update.  Things have been going grand, abit busy at work but all is good on the training front.  Keeping a good high intensity and looking ripped at the same time lol.

Condition is great at the moment. In the shape of my life!!  People at the gym are commenting on how lean I am.

Really need to get my posing sorted out. Hopefully I will be training with a few bodybuilders that compete in the NABBA events sometime soon.

Today was quite hard to wake up and do my cardio, none the less I was up and astute ready for another day.  Took two caffenine tablets to get me going. It seemed to work really well because I managed 8.5km in 1hr. Doesnt sound much but when your that depleted its a chore at the best of times.

Decided to listen to my body and take the day off weights.  Trained back pretty intensely yesterday so took time off to train hams and calves on sunday instead.

Still cant get over my condition, really great.  Felt VERY fatiqued and hungry around late lunch, maybe 4pm.  Hit the sack early tonight to give me a good nights sleep.  Starting at 11.30 tomorrow so will squeeze in a cardio session.

Excellent photos from the shoot.

Great to hear all is going great

kitty


Excellent photos from the shoot.

Thanks Kitty.  Things are looking good.  Tooting my own horn hehe.  Look forward to meeting you at the Scottish.

Things are still going really well.  Woke up late today which I REALLY needed.  Haven't had a lie in for a while so loved that.  Didnt need to do cardio this morning had already completed my 5 this week.  On saturday morning managed to jog the whole hour without stopping.  Sounds easy but with nothing in you its a bit more challenging.

Missed one meal today just didnt have the time to squeeze it in.  Minds playing a few little tricks on me at the moment.  Just the usual pre comp thoughts, trying to let them motivate me not get me down.  Just gonna keep pushing as hard as I can!!

Trained Hamstrings, Calves and Abs:

Stiff Legged Deadlifts
Modified Lying Leg Curls
Horizontal Leg Press (feet high and wide)
Seated Leg Curl

Calve Workout

Abdominal Workout

Today was pretty tuff. Morning cardio was fine and completed it no problem.  After breakfast walking to work I felt REALLY tired, almost drunk if you will.  Bodyfat is very low and the same kind of thing started happening during the last couple of weeks.  I do have lowish blood pressure so could be something to do with that.

Anyhoo training in the gym was crazy today.  The striations in my shoulders are unbelievebale (well to me lol) and I've noticed striations in my triceps and at the back of my traps. 

I'm training for first and only first however if nothing comes of it I am in the shape of my life.  A couple of guys at the gym have commented on how great my condition is and how good I'm looking which is worth all the early mornings and hunger cravings.

Trained Shoulders and Triceps:

Dumbell Seated Shoulder Press
Incline Lateral Raises
Modified Front Dumbell Raises
Pec Dec Rear Delt Flys
Cable Straight Bar Front Rows

A bit late seeing this one ,welldone mate your doing all the right things and when that tan goes on , the cuts will come out even more so and deeper , and don't forget them back stage pics.
Good show mate and get them show pics up soon as.
Daz

excellent bro, for a natural to look like that you put me to shame !!!

im gonna pm you about natural cutting soon as im sorting something for my mate !!